Danish MFA: EU must prepare for Russia's “hybrid warfare”

The European Union should fight against Russia's “hybrid warfare” using coordinated energy policy and media to counter massive propaganda.

The statement was made by Denmark's Foreign Minister Martin Lidegaard (in the photo) in an interview with Reuters, Evropeiska Pravda writes.

“I cannot imagine that Russia would dare to disturb the Baltic countries or Poland or any NATO member,” Lidegaard said when asked whether Denmark saw Russia as a threat.

“It's also clear that there is a new kind of threat. I wouldn't call it military, necessarily; it's a hybrid war where you have massive propaganda, provocations, stimulation of groups inside other countries, which is not warfare but which is something very hostile and close to warfare,” Lidegaard added.

A single energy market can become a good defensive front in Russia's “hybrid war”, he thinks.

“If we prioritized the energy issue and targeted that both in Europe and in Ukraine, it would be an enormous step forward and a very non-aggressive way to show Russia that the consequences of their politics are expensive,” Lidegaard said.

According to previous reports, Denmark was ready fund energy efficiency programs in Ukraine.